THE Milton Friedman lites in the economic team of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. were probably stricken with early morning constipation after learning of the radical upending of economic policies in the European Union, you know, with Brussels, a solid and impregnable bastion of neoliberalism, abruptly turning around. Same with the Hayek zealots that make up the leadership of the dubious local think-tanks masquerading as apostles of "economic freedom" and who loathe anything and everything that deviate from free markets and vehemently hate any and all policies that serve the interests of the common man. Which leads us to the inevitable question. Aren't they (the economic ministers of Mr. Marcos Jr. and the free market think-tankers) one and the same thing?
The nearest answer to that question is, "What quacks like a duck..."
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